LETTER: Biogtry and intolerance can be found in many areas

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Feb 25, 2013 at 12:01 AMFeb 25, 2013 at 4:32 PM

This is in reply to Mr. Kelloggís guest column ďOur actions speak louder than our words in The Gazette Feb. 15.

You are right about the fact that some people use the word of God as a weapon to validate personal bigotry. You are wrong in your statement that Jesus died as a sacrifice for humanity. Jesus came not to save the righteous but to save the unrighteous; by his death and resurrection he paid the price for our sins. Jesus is our redeemer and our emissary before God, not a facilitator of sin.

You didnít quote any Bible scripture, neither will I so that both of us canít be accused of cherrypicking to validate our position. You did use some general Bible concepts such as that we should love one another. You omitted the rest of this instruction which says that we are to love one another in Christ as Christ loved the church. You ask the question, ďWhat would Jesus doĒ? You didnít answer this.

Iím sure youíve read the story of Jesus stopping the stoning of an adulteress. After the ones that condemned her and were ready to stone her had been dispersed by Jesus, Jesus said to the woman, neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more. Jesus by saying this condemned the sin and not the sinner. This is his example to us; to do any less is facilitating sin.

All of the people that claim they were born homosexual are calling God a liar. You know in your heart that God would not create you to live such a destructive lifestyle.

You failed to mention the great deceiver in your article, Satan; to enlighten you and others that believe as you do I will. Satanís greatest deception is in perverting Godís word by enticing you to misquote, change the meaning of and even eliminating certain scripture. He has been very successful in doing this, i.e. churches that now ordain homosexuals, perform same-sex marriages and facilitate your sin. For homosexuals that have now been redeemed by Christ an organization called Faith in America attacks their redemption.

Some questions that Iíve posed in other articles that Iíve written I will pose again as they have never been answered by the LGBT or any of its supporters.

1. Are you contending that youíre born homosexual and I mean all the variations of homosexuality as represented in the initials of the LGBT?

2. If you believe youíre born homosexual, then why would do claim that sexual orientation determines your course?

3. For those of us that oppose same-sex marriage and refuse to accept homosexuality as being normal, you accuse us of being intolerant and engaging in bigotry. I am not aware of any organized protest or boycott of Ben and Jerryís ice cream company by any Christian groups, a company whose owners support same-sex marriage and the homosexual life style. There was an organized protest and attempted boycott of Chick-fil-A by the LGBT and other homosexual organizations after the owner Truett Cathy, a Christian, was asked his views on same-sex marriage and he opposed it. Where does the intolerance and bigotry find its home?

Allen Petty Gastonia

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